Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-11
The Helena Budget.

p.hreno who resides op Ten Mile Creek
Kessler's, fell into the stream and was
drowned, about dusk last evening. The
bodv was recovered in about an hour.
Alarge body OF Sioux Indians is on the
vav from Rosebud agency to visit the
Crows and Agent Williamson has applied
Nv telegraph to the Department at Wash
ington for authority to send troops to in
tercept them.
President Harris, OF the Northern Pacific
railroad left today for st. Paul and New
York. As he left he said, 'you people will
find the Northern Pacific doing it's share OF
railroad building this year and on that
score Montana will have no fault to find"
The Territorial Auditors books show
that the first warrant issued for the squir-
rel bounty was on the 9Th OF April, and
since that time the Territory has paid out
s7,S14O5 for bounties on these animals.
S7,556 35 for ground squirrels and $257.7O
for prairie dogs, and the certificates upon
which such warrants were Issued show that
in that prrivd 1oI, ,I1o grouuu squirreis
and 25 no prairie dogs have been killed.
Over $1,000 in two months-$42.OOO q
year-and this exclusive of the bounty
paid for bears, wolves and coyotes. The
total amount paid last year for bounty
vas S13, 9s5, when the rate on the larger
animals was much greater than now. But
here in two months, on squirrels and prai-
ie dogs alone, the Territory has paid out
over half the whole amount OF last years
bounty disbursements. OF this money over
sveu.eehts goes to Gallatin County,
where the squirrel traffic has been worked
for all it is worth. Now. however, the
other counties are becoming aware OF the
hct that there is such law in operation
and the result is an increased onslaught or
tn. treasury. It looks like a beginning
only as the amount OF warrants paid seem'
increasing daily. The bounty account q
h. end of 1887 may equal $50. 900.
FORGED BONDS.
The banking firm OF s. A. Keene q Co., q
Chicago, writes the First National Bank
this city making inquiry if it be true tina
forged bonds of Jefferson county, MOI
taua, are afoat. The firm writes tina
they read IN a maga zine, the name OF whlc
they did not mention, that forged bonds G
Jefferson county, Montana, were beln
aoated. and as they had handled som
bonds of the county few days before, the
we're anxious to know about it. The whol
affair is IN fact repsrt modelled on tn
three black crows story. The facts IN th
case which led to the above damaging RI
nors are these: Some time in 1853 IL
Board OF Commissioners OF Jefferson cou'
ty ordered, through one McSorley, abot
one hundred bonds which were lithographe
IN Buffalo, New York. Since that tim
and on recent date, the present treasur
d the said county, F. C. Berendez, receive
facsimile coupon of the bonds OF tn'
seue from gentleman in Newark n.
Who had received it in deposit from son
man calling himself w. c. Brown al
claiming to hail from Helena. 1t is not
@nierred from this that there are 81
more Of them, nor that the bonds a
iorsed. This eastern correspondence SIM
tcupon, counterfeited no doubt oy
holder, has caused all these rumors.
JOHN GEIGER,
arancher living on the line OF the Wici
branch railroad, had seven horses OUT
aband OF eight killed and badly mang
Ou Monday by an engine with no p''
The front trucks OF the locomotive W
'hrown from the track.
Measles of a very mild type are Pre
lent. Between $50 and 800 cases are q
to exist.
HE WAS DROWNED.
HELENA, June S.-[Speciai TO
Miner while clearing drift wood from
Northern Parific railroad bridge at the
crossing Of the Clark's Fork River seN
'esn miles below here to-day, Joshua n
ner' Of Lura Virginia, who has been wa
man there for the past six years. shp
rom log into the river and was drowI